Family, Gender, and Law in a Globalizing Middle East and South Asia

by Cuno, Kenneth M.

• ISBN13: 9780815632351
• ISBN10: 0815632355
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2009-11-01
• Publisher: Syracuse Univ Pr

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. vii
Contributors	p. ix
Introduction	p. xiii
Colonial Modernity and Family Law Codes
Disobedient Wives and Neglectful Husbands
Marital Relations and the First Phase of Family Law Reform in Egypt	p. 3
Patriarchy, Sexuality, and Property
The Impact of Colonial State Policies on Gender Relations in India	p. 19
Religion, Custom, the State, and Patriarchy
The Monotheisms, Patriarchy and the Constitutional Right to Human Dignity in Israel	p. 43
Legal Pluralism Versus a Uniform Civil Code
The Continuing Debates in India	p. 65
Institutions and Women's Rights
Religion, the State, and Family in Turkey	p. 79
Family Law Codes Contested and (Re)constructed
Struggles over Personal Status and Family Law in Post-Baathist Iraq	p. 105
Family, Gender, and Law in Jordan and Palestine	p. 126
Revisiting the Debate on Family Law in Morocco
Context, Actors, and Discourses	p. 145
Straddling CEDAW and the MMA
Conflicting Visions of Women's Rights in Contemporary Pakistan	p. 163
Women's Roles and Family Relationships Renegotiated and Redefined
Gender and Law(s)
Moral Regulation in Contemporary Bangladesh	p. 187
Shifting Practices and Identities
Nontraditional Relationships among Sunni Muslim Egyptians and Emiratis	p. 211
Afghan Refugee Women in Iran
Revisioning the Afghan Family	p. 223
Works Cited	p. 251
Index	p. 283
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